Dengie Hundred voters in the Colchester Oath Book
Colchester was one of
the first places in the country to have a system of elected
government.
Details of the
procedures, transactions and elections were recorded in the
Colchester oath book.
Mention is made to a
few people from Eastern Essex in the oath book.
Those people are
listed below.
Parish |
Year listed |
Name |
Occupation if given |
Burnham on
Crouch |
1500 |
William Fowle |
Mariner |
Burnham on
Crouch |
1547 |
Robert
Fraunceys |
Butcher |
Purleigh |
1697 |
Samuel
Hosemanden |
|
Southminster |
1380 |
William
Coupere |
|
Tillingham |
1402 |
Thomas Osekyn |